Car-fender.



No. 793,343. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. P. BEST.

OAR FENDER.

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GAR FENDER. APPLICATION FILED 'ssmzv. 1004.

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NETED STATES l'atented June 27, 1905.

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CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,343, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filed September 2'7, 1904. Serial No. 226,238.

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Be it known that I, Perm: BEST. of Elizabeth. in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved ar-Femler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

.\iy invention relates to improvements in car-fenders such as are used on the emls of street-cars to guard against accidents: and the object of my invention is to produce a simple a nd pa rticularly-eflicient fender which is adapted to drop to position to prevent a person from being caught under the car and which can be dropped to a still lower position to. act as a further safeguard either by the motor-man or automatically by a person caught on the fender.

.'\nother object of my invention is to produce a device of this character which will occupy very little space on the car and which when not in use can be folded compactly against the dashlmard.

My invention is also intended to produce a device which will always be read y for use and not likely to get dis-arranged or out of order.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

'Figure 1 is a front elevation of the fender embodying my invention, the same being shown on a car and in position for use. Fig. is a side elevation of the device in its normal position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fender in its folded position. Fig. -t is a sectional elevation of the fender in the position shown in Fig. 2: and Fig. 5 is a vicwsimilar to Fig. l. but with the fender dropped to its lowest position.

i have shown the fender in connection with a car having the customary bumper l0 and dashboard l l though the car structure may be of any usual type. On the dashboard are pivotally supported the channel-bars or ways 12, which have, preferably, their backs prolonged, as shown at 13 and 14, and at the top the ways or chan nel-bars are pivotally connected by means of links 15 and ears 16 to the car, while at the lower end the said ways or channel-bars are connected to the bumper by means of links l7. Any equivalent construction which will. permit the swinging movement of the ways or channel-bars can be adopted without departing from the principle of the invention. hlovable up and down in the said ways i2 is a slide-frame comprising the side standards 18 and the crossbars 19, which slide-frame is provided with hooks 20, which project forward and detachably support the upper end of the top frame 21 of the fender proper. The said frame 2] is also pivoted at the bottom to the SlltlO-flttillt, as shown at Above the hooks 20 are preferably arranged opposed hooks 22, and a pin 23 can be used to con nect the hooks and prevent the frame 21 from jumping out. Any equivalent means can be used for supporting the frame 21 on the slide-frame.

To the lower end of the frame 21 is pivoted the forwardly-extemling frame 24, which is curved, as usual, and these parts 2] and 24 are of ordinary fender construction and are screen-covered. i do not claim these parts in detail, therefore, as myinvention. The part 24 is adapted, as is customary in fenders, to fold up against the part 21, and to facilitate this action a chain 24 can be extended from the front or free end of the frame 24 up over the dashboard 11, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be noticed that the sliding arrangement of the frame 18 provides for raising and lowering the fender as a whole. and in its normalposition the fender is supported, as shown best in Fig. l, by means of a block or abutment which is attached to one of the stamlards l8 and which when the frame is dropped engages the forward end of the treadle 26, which is normally pressed to position to support the fender by a spring 27 and which is fulcrumed, as shown at .28. it will be observed that when the ways 12 are swung downward to the position in Fig. 4 and" the fender is correspondingly dropped the block 25 will engage the treadle 26 and the fender will be supported, as shown in Fig. 4, with the frame 24 at about the required distance above the track. If, however, the motorman sees danger and wishes to-drop the fender lower, he presses the treadle 26, which frees the block 25, and the latter drops to the bumper 10 and permits the frame 24 to drop snugly upon the track, so that nothing can pass beneath it.

T 0 provide for automatically dropping the fender in case of accident, I use a tripping device in which one arm 29 of a bell-crank, which is pivoted on the top bar of the frame 21, extends downward over the face of the said frame 21, while the short arm 30 of the bell-crank is bent rearward and is normally pressed by a spring 30 out of engagement with the treadle 26, already referred to. The arm 29 has a lateral extension 31 extending across the face of the fender, and if a person or object is thrown on the fender the bar 29 is swung inward and backward, thus causing the arm 30 to strike the treadle 26 and free the block 25 and permitting the fender to drop, as already specified. It will be seen, therefore, that I have provided a fender which while very simple is perfectly adapted to guard the car, and it will be noticed that when the fender is to be folded up-as, for instance, when it is on the rear end of the carthe ways 12 may be swung upward and inward, the sliding frame 18 19 pushed up in the ways, the part 24 of the fender folded up, and the whole pushed in so as to rest against the dashboard 11 and upon the bumper 10. It will be seen, too, that by providing a sliding support for the fender I am enabled to give to the latter a wide scope of action and that by using both manual and automatic means for adjusting the fender it is placed under per fect control and is made particularly valuable in case of accidents.

Having thus fully described my invention,

' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a car, of a pair of essentially vertical ways pivoted on the front end of the car and on the dashboard thereof, and a fender supported in the said ways so as to move up and down therein.

2. The combination with a car, of an essentially vertical pair of ways pivotally connected at their upper and lower ends with the car to permit the said ways to swing upward and inward against the dashboard, and a fender supported in the said ways and adapted to move up and down therein.

3. The combination with a car, of a pair of ways pivoted on the end of the car and adapted to swing upward and inward against the dashboard thereof, a fender supported in the said ways and adapted to drop by gravity, and means for releasing the fender to permit it to drop.

4. The combination with a car, of an essentially vertical pair of ways pivoted on the end of the car, a fender supported in the said ways and adapted to drop by gravity, and manually-operated means for controlling the dropping of the fender.

5. The combination with a car, of a pair of ways pivotally supported on the end of the car, a slide-frame movable up and down in the said ways, a fender carried by the slideframe, and manually-operated means for controlling the dropping of the slide-frame and fender.

6. The combination with a car, of ways having a link connection at top and bottom with the car, a fender supported in the said ways and adapted to move up and down in relation to the car, and means for regulating the movement of the fender.

7. The combination with a car, of a fender held to slide up and down thereon, the said fender being adapted to drop by gravity, and

manual and automatic means for regulating the drop of the fender.

S. The combination with a car, of a fender held to slide up and down thereon, a manually-operated tripping device to permit the fender to drop, and means for working the tripping device automatically by a weight striking upon the fender.

9. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a pair of ways pivotally supported on a car, a slide-frame movable in the said ways, a treadle controlling the movement of the slide-frame, and a fender supported on the slide-frame.

10. An apparatus of the kind. described, comprising a pair of ways having a link connection at top and bottom with a car, a slideframe movable in the ways, means for regulating the movement of the slide-frame, and a fender carried by the slide-frame.

11. The combination with a car and a movable fender, of guideways to support the fender, the said ways being constructed and arranged so as to guide the fender upward and inward against the car-dashboard when the fender is raised.

PETER BEST.

lVitnesses:

l/VM. H. CANFIELD, WARREN B. HU'roHrNsoN. 

